Rep. Mark Takai (D-HI) is trying to make a splash on Capitol Hill — a splash of color. Takai sent a letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on Jan. 8 asking for a rule change that would allow ...

After a recent trip home to Hawaii, Rep. Mark Takai (D-HI) brought a little bit of aloha back to Washington D.C. in the form of an aloha shirt. Last Friday, Takai presented Speaker of the House Paul ...

David Bader is the perfect person to explain the allure of aloha shirts. Bader, a Tacoma-based aloha shirt collector, sported his first one before he could form complete sentences; his mom bought him ...

Dear Abby: I started working in engineering in the late 1980s and thought it was “cute” that we all wore Hawaiian shirts when the guys went out for Friday lunches. Now we’re in our 50s, and many of my ...